November 1, 2008

Haiga124



This is my photo and haiku.
Some years ago, I wrote a haibun "The Egg-Shaped Stone". This haiga appeared in it.
http://www.mahoroba.ne.jp/~kuni_san/haiga_gallery/haibun2004/haibun_e.html

Here is the part of the haibun where the haiga appears.
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We walk the streets of Lower Manhattan down to Chinatown. Suddenly,
we're in a whole new world. Let's have lunch here. Let's eat like the locals.
Our guide leads us through narrow sidestreets to a restaurant packed with
hungry Chinese. We try the guide's recommendation--steamed rice topped
with minced meat of beef and salted fish. The smell hits us hard. Shit-like
smell of the salted fish. Our high expectations quickly wane, and after a few
bites we give up.

street performance
a red creature waits
for its turn
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